A War Story – Arnett vs Bin Laden

A War Story – Arnett vs Bin Laden

A War Story is based on the dramatic events leading up and subsequent to the interview conducted in 1997 by New Zealand journalist Peter Arnett with Osama bin Laden. To arrange the interview Arnett met with bin Laden’s Lieutenants in…
In Dark Places – The Teina Pora story

In Dark Places – The Teina Pora story

Directed by Michael Bennett who also wrote the book. This dramatised version of Teina’s story will break your heart. I’ve just watched the film on the big screen with the crew who couldn’t make it to the first screening a…
AHIKĀROA – Breaks the mould of drama delivery.

AHIKĀROA – Breaks the mould of drama delivery.

Now screening on Whakaata Māori but gained a huge audience on Digital platforms, Ahikāroa is the Māori bilingual series following the trials and tribulations of a group of mates living in Tāmaki.       http://www.maoritelevision.com/tv/shows/ahikaroa/S01E001/ahikaroa-series-1-episode-1 https://www.ahikaroa.nz/
What are we going to do about Mum?

What are we going to do about Mum?

This is the reason I have been absent from Casting most of the last two years. I hope you enjoy my journey shared with whanau and friends. Direct video link: What are we going to do about Mum? Maori TV…
Hope and Wire

Hope and Wire

Inspired by true events, first-hand accounts and employing actual newsreel footage, this drama follows the aftermath of the Earthquakes that befell New Zealand’s Christchurch between 2010 and 2011, telling a universal story of family, hope and triumph against the odds.…
Moana Casting Call Announced

Moana Casting Call Announced

**UPDATE: Online application form closed** I’m very pleased to announce the Official Casting Call from Disney. Enter your audition submission here. “Walt Disney Animation Studios is launching a global casting call for a key role for their upcoming feature, Moana,…
Mount Zion

Mount Zion

Mount Zion. Turei’s family are hard-working potato farm workers in rural New Zealand. A talented musician, Turei dreams of his band being the support act for Bob Marley’s 1979 tour. But it’s a dream that challenges the traditions and values of…
Bliss

Bliss

‘Risk. Risk anything. Care no more for the opinions of others, for those voices. Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth.’ – Katherine Mansfield The true story of nineteen year old Katherine Mansfield’s…
White Lies

White Lies

White Lies submitted for the Oscars as New Zealand’s Best Foreign Language entry. It’s about the nature of identity: those who deny it and those who strive to protect it. Paraiti (Whirimako Black) is a medicine woman. She is the healer…
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Resolve

Resolve

Directed by Peter Burger. This feature tells the story of one man’s courage, his murder and the change in New Zealand’s witness laws that was prompted by his actions. Based on the true story of Chris Crean, who took a stand…

By Christina Asher | June 11, 2018 | News, Portfolio |
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Hope and Wire

Hope and Wire

Inspired by true events, first-hand accounts and employing actual newsreel footage, this drama follows the aftermath of the Earthquakes that befell New Zealand’s Christchurch between 2010 and 2011, telling a universal story of family, hope and triumph against the odds.…

By Christina Asher | June 30, 2014 | Portfolio |
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Te Rua

Te Rua

Variously praised as a major step forward in indigenous cinema, attacked for overambition, and little screened, Te Rua marked Barry Barclay’s impassioned follow-up to Ngati. This story of stolen Māori carvings in a Berlin museum sees Barclay plunging into issues of control of…

By Christina Asher | December 17, 2013 | News, Portfolio |
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White Lies

White Lies

White Lies submitted for the Oscars as New Zealand’s Best Foreign Language entry. It’s about the nature of identity: those who deny it and those who strive to protect it. Paraiti (Whirimako Black) is a medicine woman. She is the healer…

By Christina Asher | September 25, 2013 | Portfolio |
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Mount Zion

Mount Zion

Mount Zion. Turei’s family are hard-working potato farm workers in rural New Zealand. A talented musician, Turei dreams of his band being the support act for Bob Marley’s 1979 tour. But it’s a dream that challenges the traditions and values of…

By Christina Asher | January 30, 2013 | Portfolio |
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Billy

Billy

Twenty years have passed since Billy T James died at the age of 42, and he still manages to make us laugh. Tonight on TV ONE, the story of New Zealand’s best loved entertainer is being told in the Sunday…

By Christina Asher | December 5, 2011 | Portfolio |
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Bliss

Bliss

‘Risk. Risk anything. Care no more for the opinions of others, for those voices. Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth.’ – Katherine Mansfield The true story of nineteen year old Katherine Mansfield’s…

By Christina Asher | December 5, 2011 | Portfolio |
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Kaitangata Twitch

Kaitangata Twitch

It’s fifty years since Shelly Gentry disappeared and 50’s one of those numbers that seem to mean something. People celebrate fifty. Maybe islands do too – so watch out! In pre-European New Zealand, the tiny Island of Kaitangata was the…

By Christina Asher | June 30, 2011 | Portfolio |
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Sione’s Wedding

Sione’s Wedding

Meet best friends Michael, Albert, Stanley and Sefa; the ladies’ man, the good boy, the weird one and the party boy. They’re staring down the barrel of their thirtieth birthdays, but still act as if they’re sixteen; they get drunk,…

By Christina Asher | June 30, 2011 | Portfolio |
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